Category Archives: Canada
Passengers moved after strong smell of gas at Vancouver airport's domestic terminal
A strong smell of gas at the domestic terminal of Vancouver's airport forced passengers to be temporarily moved out on Wednesday. Statements from the airport say the source of the smell was quickly id...
Oct 15, 2025
Industry minister says relief coming for tariff-hit softwood lumber sector
OTTAWA - Federal Industry Minister Mlanie Joly said financial relief is coming soon for Canada's tariff-struck softwood lumber sector. The minister said in Fredericton Wednesday the government will pr...
Oct 15, 2025
Tony Merchant, prominent Regina lawyer known for class-action lawsuits, dead at 80
REGINA - Prominent Saskatchewan lawyer Tony Merchant, well known for spearheading class-action lawsuits across the country, has died at the age of 80. His wife, retired senator Pana Merchant, said he ...
Oct 15, 2025
U.S. man sentenced to prison over data breach that included Canadian students' info
An American man was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to cyber extortion in the mass data breach of a student information system used across Canada. Court documents show ...
Oct 15, 2025
Interest in Canadian flights out of Lebanon last year waned quickly, documents show
OTTAWA - Documents detailing Canada's effort to help citizens and permanent residents leave Lebanon last year on commercial flights and charters show there was huge interest in the first few days of t...
Oct 15, 2025
CSIS pledges 'robust' review of technologies in response to critical watchdog report
OTTAWA - The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says it's committed to "ongoing review and improvement" of its use of new technologies following a critical spy watchdog report. The National Securi...
Oct 15, 2025
Carney talked trade with Gulf countries at Egypt peace summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney used a hastily convened meeting with world leaders at U.S. President Donald Trump's peace summit in Egypt on Monday to push for deeper trade ties with several count...
Oct 15, 2025
Surging CO2 levels a sign Canada must resist climate backsliding: scientist
A leading Canadian climate scientist says a new report showing planet-warming carbon dioxide levels have soared to record amounts in 2024 is the latest sign Canada must resist pressure to backslide on...
Oct 15, 2025
Espionage trial: Hydro-Québec says it learned of unauthorized publications in 2022
MONTREAL - A former researcher at Quebec's electric utility charged with economic espionage for the benefit of China set off an internal probe after the publication of an academic paper in March 2022 ...
Oct 15, 2025
CBC reaching out to rural, Western Canadians as part of plan to build audience
OTTAWA - The head of CBC/Radio-Canada says the public broadcaster's plan to reach out to "dissatisfied" audiences means a new focus on rural areas and Western Canada. In a five-year plan released Tues...
Oct 15, 2025